All Life articles – Page 5
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ResearchLife’s energy currency ATP made using electricity from the grid for the first time
Simplified system uses just four enzymes with socket-supplied electrons replacing biochemical energy
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ResearchElemental analysis sheds light on Pompeii victims’ final moments
New evidence suggests asphyxiation caused the death of seven people in new study
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FeatureThe drug developers fighting the antibiotic resistance problem
Andy Extance talks to the researchers innovating across different drug classes in the hunt to develop new treatments
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OpinionValerie Mizrahi: ‘There’s no control to the experiment of life’
The world-leading tuberculosis researcher on switching specialities and living in a racially divided nation
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BusinessHow can we maintain the effectiveness of existing antimicrobials?
Reducing environmental pollution and tackling quality issues to stave off resistance
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FeatureWho will pay for new antibiotics?
Governments around the world are starting to consider alternative funding models and incentives for antibiotics. Katrina Megget asks if it is enough
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OpinionSurviving in the war of all against all
Cancers and bacteria develop resistance to drugs in remarkably similar ways
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ResearchA force against fungi
With antifungal resistance on the rise, Leah Cowen’s lab wants to identify molecules that can capitalise on vulnerabilities in fungal pathogens
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FeatureCharting the rise in antimicrobial resistance
We look at the data behind antibiotic drug discovery and development, bacterial resistance and the financial problems with the current business model
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OpinionLetters: September 2023
Readers estimate the contribution of lithium mining on power consumption, consider Alzheimer’s antibody therapies and more
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ResearchMapping antibiotic’s binding of its target points to way to give drugs the killer edge
Technique that creates a comprehensive catalogue of mutations in antibiotic’s target reveals how drugs might be improved
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ResearchFinger sweat test shows promise for checking that patients are taking antipsychotics
Mass spectroscopy test can distinguish between those who have handled drugs and those who have taken them
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ResearchUnexpected reactivity of silica places question mark over safety of food additives
Discovery that silica particles – thought to be inert – can oxidise thiols requires further investigation
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ResearchThe key compounds responsible for sourdough’s flavour
Researchers in Germany identified 21 tastants and odorants that make sourdough bread so unique
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ResearchSynthetic peptide mimics can act as antivirals
Peptoids disrupt enveloped viruses’ lipid membranes as well as targeting fungi and bacteria
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ResearchRevived Neanderthal and Denisovan peptides show antibiotic activity
Molecular-scale ‘Jurassic Park’ process could uncover new medicines
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ResearchVlad the Impaler may have shed tears of blood
Protein analysis sheds light on the medieval ruler who may have inspired Dracula
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ResearchLow-dose ionising radiation linked to higher cancer risk than previously thought
Multi-decade study reveals greater rates of fatal solid cancers among nuclear workers than previously estimated
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Research3D printing turns plant proteins into seafood alternative
New vegan food product claimed to replicate the flavour, texture and nutritional content of calamari